Ananda Sanctuary Yoga

Ananda Sanctuary Yoga Ananda means bliss, or extreme happiness, in Sanskrit.

This Woodstock-based yoga studio and healing centre offers sacred connection, wellness therapies and alignment through yoga, meditation, energy healing, ceremonies, intuitive coaching and events

✨ A NEW MONTH | FIND YOUR FOOTING, FIND YOUR FLOW ✨Do you feel a calling to reinvigorate your practice, steady yourself,...
30/08/2026

✨ A NEW MONTH | FIND YOUR FOOTING, FIND YOUR FLOW ✨

Do you feel a calling to reinvigorate your practice, steady yourself, and feel grounded and more secure ?🌿

We invite you to find your sound footing — building stability in the body, strength in your asana, and awareness in every breath.

As Vanda Scaravelli reminds us:
“When the chest is opening, the mind is opening, and we feel emotionally shiny, and stability comes.”

And beautifully:
“Yoga is an effortless dance with breath and gravity.”

Perhaps the practice is not about forcing ourselves into a posture, but discovering what happens when we listen deeply.

“The beauty of yoga. It is the meeting of the brain with the body. When you are attentive, concentrated, when you feel what you are doing, there is energy. The binding of the two becomes energy... which gives the body freedom and makes the mind more supple.”

This month, let your practice be an exploration of that meeting.
🟠Strength without rigidity.
♥️Stability without holding.
🪁Opening without force.
🟠Movement without struggle.
💚Find your own rhythm. Feel your breath. Listen to your body. Discover your own effortless dance.

✨ Come steady yourself at Ananda Sanctuary.

🌿 Build strength.
🤍 Create stability.
💨 Breathe, move, and find freedom.

Monday
7am VINYASA (hot) 🔥 | Lee-Ann
6pm VINYASA SLOW BURN 🔥 | Lindsey
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Tuesday
7am VINYASA (hot) 🔥 | Zee
4.45pm AERIAL | Brittany
6pm HOT 26 🔥 | Brittany
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Wednesday
7am POWER VINYASA (hot) 🔥| Brittany
9am STRENGTHEN & SCULPT | Nurit
6pm YIN | Lindsey
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Thursday
7am VINYASA (hot) 🔥 | Zee
12.30pm GENTLE free community class | Francisca
6pm HOT 26 🔥 | Nisreen
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Friday
9am VINYASA FLOW | Nisreen
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Saturday
9am VINYASA | Khanya
11am HOT (hot) 🔥 | Brittany
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Sunday
10am SLOW FLOW | Lindsey
11.30am AERIAL | Lee-Ann

✨ MOVE WITHOUT BOUNDARIES | THE WEEK AHEAD ✨Two beautiful reminders to inspire your practice this week:“Yoga is not just...
16/08/2026

✨ MOVE WITHOUT BOUNDARIES | THE WEEK AHEAD ✨

Two beautiful reminders to inspire your practice this week:

“Yoga is not just repetition of a few postures—it is more about the exploration and discovery of the subtle energies of life.”
— Sri Sri Ravi Shankar

“Yoga is the poetry of movements, orchestrated by the rhythm of breath.”
— Amit Ray

This week, we invite you to make time for at least two, maybe even three practices. Not because you have to—but because you deserve the space to reconnect, breathe, move, and feel.

At Ananda Sanctuary, there is no judgement and no expectation to perform. Come exactly as you are.

Move without boundaries.
Breathe without restriction.
Find your own rhythm.
Choose your own level of effort.
Listen to what your body needs.

Whether your practice is dynamic or gentle, strong or soft, playful or contemplative, your yoga is yours to explore.

🌿 Come move with us.
💨 Follow your breath.
🤍 Find your rhythm.
✨ Make your mat a place to come home to yourself.

Three classes. One week. A little more space for you.

We’ll see you on the mat.

Monday
7am VINYASA (hot) 🔥 | Lee-Ann
6pm VINYASA SLOW BURN 🔥 | Lindsey
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Tuesday
7am VINYASA (hot) 🔥 | Zee
4.45pm AERIAL | Lee-Ann
6pm HOT 26 🔥 | Nisreen
✨
Wednesday
7am POWER VINYASA (hot) 🔥| Brittany
9am STRENGTHEN & SCULPT | Nurit
6pm YIN | Lindsey
✨
Thursday
7am VINYASA (hot) 🔥 | Nisreen
12.30pm GENTLE free community class | Francisca
6pm HOT 26 🔥 | Brittany
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Friday
9am VINYASA FLOW | Nisreen
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Saturday
9am VINYASA | Sarah
11am HOT (hot) 🔥 | Brittany
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Sunday
10am SLOW FLOW | Lindsey
11.30am AERIAL | Gemma

✨ THE WEEK AHEAD | SURRENDER INTO THE PRESENT ✨What does it feel like to be fully here?Not in yesterday.
Not in tomorrow...
09/08/2026

✨ THE WEEK AHEAD | SURRENDER INTO THE PRESENT ✨

What does it feel like to be fully here?

Not in yesterday.
Not in tomorrow.
But completely in this breath, this body, this moment.

Yoga offers us a pathway back to presence. Through asana, breath, and awareness, we begin to feel ourselves more deeply—to ground, soften, and inhabit the body rather than living only in the mind.

And then comes Savasana.

The ultimate invitation to surrender. 🤍

After the effort, the movement, the focus and the breath, we let go.

We stop trying to achieve.
We stop trying to control.
We simply lie down and be.

Savasana gives the body and mind space to absorb and integrate the practice. It is a moment of deep rest where we can notice what is here, without needing to change it.

Perhaps this is one of yoga’s greatest teachings:
we don’t always need to do more. Sometimes we need to surrender enough to feel.

This week, let your practice be an invitation to come fully into your body.

🌿 Breathe into the present.
🤍 Feel what is here.
✨ Let go of what has been and what is yet to come.
🕊️ Surrender into simply being.

Come practice with us at Ananda Sanctuary, and give yourself permission to pause, soften, and return home to the present moment.
Your body is here. Your breath is here. You are here.

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Monday
9am VINYASA (hot) 🔥 | Brittany
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Tuesday
7am VINYASA (hot) 🔥 | Zee
4.45pm AERIAL | Brittany
6pm HOT 26 🔥 | Brittany
✨
Wednesday
7am POWER VINYASA (hot) 🔥| Brittany
9am STRENGTHEN & SCULPT | Nurit
6pm YIN | Lindsey
✨
Thursday
7am VINYASA (hot) 🔥 | Zee
12.30pm GENTLE free community class | Francisca
6pm HOT 26 🔥 | Nisreen
✨
Friday
9am VINYASA FLOW | Nisreen
✨
Saturday
9am VINYASA | Khanya
11am HOT (hot) 🔥 | Brittany
✨
Sunday
10am SLOW FLOW | Lindsey
11.30am AERIAL | Kerryn

LION’S GATE: UMFUNDISI ✨Remembering the Inner Teacher📍 Ananda Sanctuary with Khanya📅 Saturday, 8 August | 1–3 PM💫 R250 s...
07/08/2026

LION’S GATE: UMFUNDISI ✨
Remembering the Inner Teacher

📍 Ananda Sanctuary with Khanya
📅 Saturday, 8 August | 1–3 PM
💫 R250 secures your place
Book via MindBody.

The Lion’s Gate Portal offers a moment to slow down, reconnect, and remember.

This gathering is an invitation to return to the wisdom that has always lived within you—wisdom carried through your body, your breath, your ancestors, and your connection to the earth.

Together we’ll explore practices that honour indigenous ways of knowing while weaving together movement, ritual, neuroscience, and embodied awareness.

Our journey includes:

🌿 Siyakhuleka – imphepho cleansing and ancestral invocation

🧘🏽 Interoceptive Ancestral Flow – an embodied yoga practice inspired by circadian rhythms, nervous system awareness, and Southern African understandings of time

🎨 Ancestral Mapping – reflecting on the stories, strengths, and gifts carried through your lineage

🎶 Ngoma Call & Response – reconnecting through voice, rhythm, and the wisdom of the body

☕ Integration – tea, reflection, and simple practices to carry this remembrance into daily life

This is not about becoming someone new.

It is about remembering who you already are.

Come as you are. Leave feeling rooted, connected, and deeply resourced. 🦁✨

Share our beautiful sanctuary space with us. Private unfurnished roomupstairs with view of the mountain (full time) + f...
03/06/2026

Share our beautiful sanctuary space with us. Private unfurnished room
upstairs with view of the mountain (full time) + furnished therapy room downstairs (part time).

Ananda Sanctuary is an established yoga studio and wellness centre located in a large beautiful heritage building, situated in an accessible and quiet part of Woodstock. This tranquil space is an ideal location to practice from and welcome clients to.

Ideal for therapist, acunpuncurist, psychologist, counsellor, coach, wellness practitioner, body alignment practitioner, reflexologist or professional qualified person in the health, wellness or healing profession.

Monthly rental plus deposit and lease agreement.

Rental includes solar, electricity, spring water, wifi, shared waiting area for clients, kitchen, shower facilities and 2 bathrooms, cleaning, security, outdoor areas. Safe street parking. Discounted yoga classes and option to hire yoga studio space for group offerings or workshops when not in use.

DM or email [email protected] for more info.

Join Alessandra Thompson (SA gymnast, aerialist and handstand coach) and Christina Wilton 800 RYT to learn the drills an...
30/01/2023

Join Alessandra Thompson (SA gymnast, aerialist and handstand coach) and Christina Wilton 800 RYT to learn the drills and skills to get upside down safely. This Handstand Workshop is a 2 day intensive and is not to be missed.

Saturday 11 Feb 13:00 to 15:00
Sunday 12 Feb 14:00 to 16:00

Suitable for all levels, expect wall and partner drills. Its going to be amazing.

Early Bird by 27 Jan : R750
Thereafter R800

This week is a big week at Ananda Sanctuary with our Hot 26 Intensive Training happening and some amazing classes for ou...
29/01/2023

This week is a big week at Ananda Sanctuary with our Hot 26 Intensive Training happening and some amazing classes for our yoga community-
✨
Monday
7am HOT VINYASA 🔥 with
5.30pm HOT POWER 🔥with YOGA TEACHER🔹FITNESS TRAINER]
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Tuesday
7am HOT VINYASA🔥with
1.30pm KIDS AERIAL (3-5 years) with
2.30pm KIDS AERIAL (6-10 years) with
4.30pm AERIAL with
6pm HOT 26 🔥with Penny Cooper]]]
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Wednesday
7am HOT VINYASA🔥with
4.15pm AERIAL with Jaun]
5.30pm HOT VINYASA 🔥with Beverley Strugnell Slauck]]]
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Thursday
7am VINYASA FLOW with tara 🌒]
4.30pm HOT VINYASA 🔥with .am.katyjane
6pm HOT 26 🔥with Penny Cooper]]]
12 to 7pm HOT 26 TEACHING INTENSIVE TRAINING COURSE🔥🔥🔥 with Penny Cooper]]] and Beverley Strugnell Slauck]]] - PRE-BOOKING ESSENTIAL
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Friday
7am HOT VINYASA🔥with tara 🌒]
9am VINYASA with
6pm FELT SENSE - RESTORATIVE SLOW FLOW with Candice Momsen]
12 to 7pm HOT 26 TEACHING INTENSIVE TRAINING COURSE🔥🔥🔥 with Penny Pinar Karabey] and - PRE-BOOKING ESSENTIAL

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Saturday
9am - STRETCH & FLOW with YOGA TEACHER🔹FITNESS TRAINER]
11am - HOT STRENGTH 🔥 with
7am to 5pm HOT 26 TEACHING INTENSIVE TRAINING COURSE🔥🔥🔥 with Penny Pinar Karabey] and Beverley Strugnell Slauck]]] PRE-BOOKING ESSENTIAL
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Sunday
10am SUNDAY RITUAL - RESTORATIVE SLOW FLOW with Candice Momsen]
12.30pm AERIAL with Jaun]
7am to 5pm HOT 26 TEACHING INTENSIVE TRAINING COURSE🔥🔥🔥 with Penny Cooper]]] and Beverley Strugnell Slauck]]] - PRE-BOOKING ESSENTIAL

All yoga bookings via the app please. Download the app, then search for Ananda Sanctuary Cape Town, choose your class and book in.

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We’re busy with final preparations for next week’s Hot 26 Intensive Training, which we are thrilled to open on Thursday ...
29/01/2023

We’re busy with final preparations for next week’s Hot 26 Intensive Training, which we are thrilled to open on Thursday 2nd Feb to our group of yogi’s who have booked in. We are almost fully booked and have 3 slots remaining if you are keen to join us.

We have a comprehensive manual that each participant will receive. This is an important component of any teacher training and the care and attention put into this manual is testament to the experience and dedication of our two expert teachers, Beverley Slack and Penny Cooper. You will certainly be in safe and knowledgeable hands when you meet us on the mat from 2-5 February. Also you will have this Manual to refer to afterwards for your ongoing learning and reflection.🪷

We are so thrilled to be welcoming those who have signed up to our training and cannot wait to get onto our mats and unfold our minds and bodies with this intensive learning.

We have 3 spaces left if you would like to join us - book now on MindBody and DM or email [email protected] or call 0827708626 to join our group. The cost is R5,200 for this YACEP accredited course.

We also have hot 26 classes as regular slots on our schedule each week - every Tuesday and Thursday at 6pm -so join Penny Cooper for her weekly class at Ananda Sanctuary if you would like to join us for this amazing yoga practice and experience Hot 26.

Yoga can inspire us in multiple ways and help shift, clear and heal. Yoga does not change the way we see things, it tra...
28/01/2023

Yoga can inspire us in multiple ways and help shift, clear and heal.

Yoga does not change the way we see things, it transforms the person who sees.
- BKS Inyengar

BKS is world renowned for his teachings and style of yoga called “Iyengar Yoga”. His teachings are remarkable and he is credited as the teacher who brought yoga to the West and has had an influence on every yoga teacher today. He came from an impoverished childhood and even though he suffered from various ailments during his childhood through yoga, tenacity and physical suppleness he succeeded and continues to inspire today.

Join us at Ananda Sanctuary friends for an abundant week:-✨Monday 7am HOT VINYASA 🔥 with 5.30pm HOT POWER 🔥with YOGA FL...
22/01/2023

Join us at Ananda Sanctuary friends for an abundant week:-
✨
Monday
7am HOT VINYASA 🔥 with
5.30pm HOT POWER 🔥with YOGA FLOWS🔹FUN🔹FITNESS]
✨
Tuesday
7am HOT VINYASA🔥with
1.30pm KIDS AERIAL - ages 3-5 years
2.30 KIDS AERIAL - ages 6-10 years with
4.30pm AERIAL with
6pm HOT 26 with Penny Cooper]
✨
Wednesday
7am HOT VINYASA🔥with
4.15pm AERIAL with Jaun]
5.30pm HOT VINYASA 🔥with
✨
Thursday
7am VINYASA FLOW with
4.30pm HOT VINYASA 🔥with .am.katyjane
6pm HOT 26 🔥with Penny Cooper]
✨
Friday
7am HOT VINYASA🔥with
9am VINYASA with
6pm FELT SENSE - RESTORATIVE SLOW FLOW with Candice Momsen]
✨
Saturday
9am - STRETCH & FLOW with YOGA FLOWS🔹FUN🔹FITNESS]
11am - WOMEN’S CIRCLE with .gatherings
11am - HOT STRENGTH 🔥 with
6pm - KIRTAN with Hira, Direko, Radha and
✨
Sunday
10am SUNDAY RITUAL - RESTORATIVE SLOW FLOW with Candice Momsen]
12.30pm AERIAL with Jaun]

All yoga bookings via the app please. Download the app, then search for Ananda Sanctuary Cape Town, choose your class and book in.

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